The Internet and new modes of political participation: online versus offline participation

Vissers, Sara; Stolle, Dietlind

doi:10.1080/1369118x.2013.867356

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“…The use of Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit, Instagram and other forms of digital communication mean that it has become increasingly common for citizens to publicise political information and messages on behalf of and about candidates and parties -and of course to discuss them. In this way, they can participate in campaigns in a meaningful way even if the full extent of the effects of online participation remains unclear at present (Di Gennaro & Dutton 2006;Visser and Stolle 2014;Freezel 2016). On the one hand, this development leads us to wonder whether the GIM is still a valid tool for capturing the incentives that lead members to participate in modern forms of online campaign as well as in more traditional ones.…”

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Participating Locally and Nationally: Explaining the Offline and Online Activism of British Party Members

2018

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Participating Locally and Nationally: Explaining the Offline and Online Activism of British Party Members

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“…Social media has become a significant battleground for all political organisations, in particular civic society organisations (Acensio & Sun, 2015). Studies over the two last decades have largely treated online and offline as two distinct spheres of activity, although research has found hyper active citizens taking part in both offline and digital environments, there is still a significant number of studies suggesting the existence of participation patterns taking place within one single sphere (Polat, 2005;Quintelier & Vissers, 2008;De Zúñiga & Valenzuela, 2011;Vissers & Stolle, 2014).…”

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“…Following Quintelier & Vissers (2008) and Vissers & Stolle (2014), as well as given that our respondents' reported behaviour map to two distinct suites (see Appendix), we use the spheres of activity, offline or online, as a dependent variable to ascertain what differences can be found between motivations within the offline and online environments.…”

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What Drives Political Participation? Motivations and Mobilization in a Digital Age

Lilleker¹,

Koc-Michalska

2016

Political Communication

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The article provides insights into the driving forces that underpin new forms of political participation. Digital technologies offer opportunities for engaging in a wide range of civicallyoriented activities, whether liking or sharing political content, joining online political communities or joining discussions, each can contribute to deeper democratic engagement and, for the individual, act as a pathway towards further civic participation. Conventional acts of political participation, demonstrating, petitioning and voting, are argued to be driven primarily by intrinsic motivations relating to self-efficacy and empowerment as the individual feels they can have influence over decision makers. Little research explores whether similar motivations drive participation in less conventional acts, as well as whether mobilisation attempts via social media by peers or political organisations mediate those motivations.Drawing on data from a survey among a representative sample of the UK electorate, we find the offline and online spheres of agency as still fairly distinct. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivations both matter but extrinsic motivations, following norms of behaviour within networks and supporting the activities of peers, have the strongest explanatory power independent of the sphere of activity. The mediating effect of mobilisation tactics has a minimal effect on extrinsic motivations, online or offline, but online intrinsic motivations lose their explanatory power. This finding suggests online political acts are carried out due to mobilisation, although as intrinsic factors offer little explanatory power these acts may lack meaning to the individual. We also found that campaign organisations are the most powerful mobilisers perhaps suggesting social media users are most likely to perform simple acts in support of non-contentious causes.

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“…La investigación acerca de la participación es un fenómeno multifacético (Teney and Hanquinet, 2012). El compromiso político está actualmente divido en varios tipos: "participación convencional" versus "participación no convencional" (Contreras-Ibáñez et al, 2005;Delfino et al, 2007;Goldstone, 2003;Heaney and Rhodas, 2006;Maravall, 1981;McFarland and Thomas, 1996;Milbrath, 1965);individual "institucionalizada" versus "no-insitucionalizada" Ganuza and Francés, 2008;Hooghe and Marien 2013); o online versus offline (Dahlgren, 2011;Gibson and Cantijoch, 2013;Kim et al, 2016;Resina de la Fuente, 2010;Visers, 2014;Zarzuri, 2005). Sin embargo, no hay consenso teórico sobre estas categorías que actualmente están cambiando.…”

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Abstención política y nuevas formas de participación política de los jóvenes: Análisis comparativo entre Chile y España

Solá-Morales

Hernández‐Santaolalla

2017

RLCS

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Cómo citar este artículo / Referencia normalizada S Sola-Morales, V Hernández-Santaolalla (2017): "Abstención política y nuevas formas de participación política de los jóvenes: Análisis comparativo entre Chile y España". Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, 72, pp. 629 Abstracts[ES] Introducción. Esta investigación pretende explorar la relación entre la abstención electoral y las nuevas formas de participación de los jóvenes chilenos y españoles, así como la percepción acerca de la política y las formas de participación en la misma más relevantes para ellos. Metodología. Para ello se realiza un análisis comparado entre Chile y España, encuestando a una muestra de 928 universitarios entre 18 y 24 años. Resultados. Los datos muestran cierta desconfianza con el actual sistema democrático. Asimismo, mientras la participación electoral disminuye en ambos países, crecen otras actividades no convencionales -offline y online-. Conclusiones. En definitiva, los jóvenes solicitan una mayor participación en los asuntos políticos. Igualmente, aunque muchos utilizan las redes sociales como canales para informarse de la actividad de los políticos, este uso sigue siendo menor comparado con el seguimiento que se hace de otros personajes públicos.[EN] Introduction. The objective of this research is to explore the relationship between the voter turnout and the new forms of participation of young Chileans and Spaniards, as well their perception about politics and the forms of participation which seem most relevant to them. Methodology. In order to do this, a comparative analysis between the two countries, with a sample of 928 university students between the ages of 18 and 24 is realized. Results. The data showed some distrust of the current democratic system. Additionally, while voter turnout decreases in Chile and Spain, other unconventional -offline and online-political activities increase. Conclusions. Definitively, young people are seeking greater participation as citizens in political affairs. Likewise, although many RLCS, Revista Latina de Comunicación Social, 72 -Páginas 629 a 648Investigación financiada |

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The Internet and new modes of political participation: online versus offline participation

Cited by 174 publications

References 59 publications

Participating Locally and Nationally: Explaining the Offline and Online Activism of British Party Members

Participating Locally and Nationally: Explaining the Offline and Online Activism of British Party Members

What Drives Political Participation? Motivations and Mobilization in a Digital Age

Abstención política y nuevas formas de participación política de los jóvenes: Análisis comparativo entre Chile y España

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